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Algy Cluff on Margaret Thatcher, Robert Mugabe and Brexit

The oilman and former Spectator owner shows little sign of slowing down at 76

30 April 2016

9:00 AM

30 April 2016

9:00 AM

Algy Cluff is the longest-serving oilman in the North Sea. He was one of the first to drill for oil there, in 1972, and at the last government handout of drilling licences, two years ago, there he was again, making a handsome gas discovery.

Now 76, he’s also the least likely oilman you can imagine.

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